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General Information

On this page, we list the heroes you synergise well with, as
Sonya and those you
are particularly vulnerable against.

The other pages of our Sonya can be accessed
from the table of contents on the right.

About the Author

Oxygen is a veteran of the MOBA genre, which he has been playing for nearly
15 years. He has coached some of Heroes of the Storm's most prominent North
American players and teams alike, including Team Liquid. As a Diamond Flex
player, he enjoys playing all Heroes and roles.

1. Heroes Sonya Works Well With

In this section, we will look at the heroes that work particularly well with
Sonya.

1.1. Abathur

Sonya's typical forward position make her a perfect for target for Abathur's Symbiote,
as it is much more effective at a short range. Talents such as Adrenal Overload and
Adrenaline Boost are especially valuable to Sonya, who relies
on keeping up with enemies to deliver Basic Attacks in order to fuel her Fury.
Carapace helps with keeping her alive.

1.2. Jaina

Jaina's abilities inherently have a potent
movement speed reduction effect. This fact alone allows Sonya to greatly improve
her uptime against anything that has been targeted by Jaina.
Leap can also be used to set up for Ring of Frost.

1.3. Rehgar

Rehgar excels at supporting melee Heroes;
since Sonya is likely to require healing when engaging, a healer with strong
burst healing and an on-demand shield that also provides area of effect damage
(Lightning Shield + Earth Shield)
has everything Sonya could ask for. Earthbind Totem
can even be used to significantly improve her uptime.

1.4. Uther

Uther is a boon for Sonya players, as she is relatively susceptible to burst damage,
especially before her defensive talent choices become available. Holy Light
and Divine Shield have instantaneous effects that can reliably
keep you alive through high pressure situations, whereas Cleanse
is generally helpful against crowd control.

2. Heroes Sonya Is Countered By

In this section, we will look at the heroes that counter Sonya
particularly well.

2.1. Jaina

Jaina counters Sonya for the same reason that they work so well together:
Frostbite. Fighting against Jaina means that you will be
working with your movement speed constantly reduced. Sonya's limited range also
means that you are always at the mercy of Jaina's damage combo.

2.3. Valla

Valla is the master of kiting. Vault is fast, has a short cooldown,
and can be used to avoid your Ancient Spear, leaving you with no gap-closer
and limited Fury. Multishot, combined with her Frost Shot
talent, means that you will basically never be in range to attack her unless you
use Leap. Her Strafe Heroic ability has the unique property
of being difficult to interrupt with Ancient Spear due to the fact that it allows movement.

2.3.1. How To Play Against Jaina, Raynor, and Valla

All of these Heroes have a major point in common: they are ranged Assassins,
an archetype against which Sonya tends to struggle because she is unable to have
meaningful attack uptime against them. Raynor and Valla both
rely on specific abilities (Penetrating Round and Vault, respectively)
to keep you away; pay attention to their use so that you may capitalise on their
cooldowns to make your approach. In general, however, you may need to rely on allies
to setup for you, typically with ranged crowd control
of their own, so that you may then follow up. You may also
wish to consider using Leap over Wrath of the Berserker
so as to create your own opportunities to engage. Flanking,
especially from Brushes, can also allow you to deal some surprise damage and force
the use of defensive abilities so that you may then try and apply more pressure
with Ancient Spear.